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The NECO SSCE (June/July) is the National Examinations Council's final exam for Nigerian secondary school students. Like WAEC, each subject has an objective paper and a theory paper, and the syllabus covers the same topics.
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Which of these is NOT an insect: bee, grasshopper, mosquito or tick?
Answer: B. The tick is not an insect: insects have three body parts and six legs.
A parent with blood group genotype OO has children with a partner of genotype AA. (A and B are co-dominant; O is recessive.) Which blood group can their children have?
Answer: C. Every combination of the parents' alleles gives group A.
In ecology, a decomposer is
Answer: C. A decomposer is an organism that breaks down dead matter.
The cell wall of a plant cell is made mainly of
Answer: D. Plant cell walls are made of cellulose; fungal walls contain chitin.
The plant hormone gibberellin mainly controls
Answer: D. Gibberellin controls stem elongation and seed germination.
Which enzyme acts on starch?
Answer: C. Salivary amylase (ptyalin) acts on starch.
The largest artery in the human body is the
Answer: D. The aorta carries oxygenated blood from the left ventricle to the body.
Malaria is caused by
Answer: C. Malaria is caused by the protozoan Plasmodium, spread by female Anopheles mosquitoes.
The tiny pores on leaves through which gases are exchanged are called
Answer: D. Stomata are pores, mostly on the underside of leaves.
The male part of a flower is the
Answer: D. The stamen consists of the anther and filament.
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